Joseph E. Ransdell

Joseph Eugene Ransdell (7 October 1858-27 July 1954) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-LA 5) from 29 August 1899 to 3 March 1913 (succeeding Samuel Thomas Baird and preceding James Walter Elder) and a US Senator from 4 March 1913 to 4 March 1931 (succeeding Murphy J. Foster and preceding Huey Long).

Biography
Joseph Eugene Ransdell was born in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1858, and he became a lawyer in 1883. He worked as a district attorney from 1884 to 1896, and he served in the US House of Representatives from 1899 to 1913 and in the US Senate from 1913 to 1931. In 1930, he was defeated in the Democratic Party primary by Huey Long, and he died in 1954.